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• 05 Apr 2025 (17 hours away): Conjunction of the Moon and Mars

  05-04-2025 03:06 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°09'.
  
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• Blue Origin’s all-female spaceflight urges women to shoot for the stars — but astronaut memoirs reveal the cost of being exceptional

  11-04-2025 02:00 via space.com
  
  For the first time since Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo flight in 1963, a spacecraft will fly with only women aboard. Blue Origin’s all-female crew includes pop star Katy Perry.
  
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• 13 Apr 2025 (3 days away): Omega Centauri is well placed

  11-04-2025 01:41 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The brightest globular cluster in the sky, Omega Centauri (mag 3.6) culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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• 13 Apr 2025 (3 days away): Centaurus A is well placed

  11-04-2025 01:41 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Centaurus A (NGC 5128; mag 7.0) culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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• 13 Apr 2025 (2 days away): The Moon at apogee

  11-04-2025 01:41 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• 13 Apr 2025 (2 days away): Lunar occultation of Spica

  11-04-2025 01:41 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Spica (Alpha Virginis), creating a lunar occultation visible from Latin America and the Caribbean, Saint Helena, South Africa, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba, Bouvet Island and Grenada.
  
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• 13 Apr 2025 (2 days away): Full Moon

  11-04-2025 01:41 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night.
  
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• 11 Apr 2025 (Today): Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky

  11-04-2025 01:41 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury is bright and well placed in the dawn sky.
  
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• China to 3D-print bricks on the moon using lunar dirt in 2028 to pave way for future base (video)

  11-04-2025 00:00 via space.com
  
  China is getting ready to 3D-print bricks on the moon using lunar soil, in what could be a huge step toward building a base on the lunar surface.
  
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• 'Love, Death + Robots' Season 4 teaser is a maelstrom of explosions, aliens, dinosaurs, and... well robots (video)

  10-04-2025 23:00 via space.com
  
  Netflix's edgy animated anthology makes a provocative comeback on May 15.
  
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• NASA's Juno probe at Jupiter hits 'safe mode' glitch, but bounces back just fine

  10-04-2025 22:43 via space.com
  
  NASA's Juno spacecraft went into safe mode twice on April 4, but everything's okay again.
  
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• See gorgeous green auroras dance over Earth in dazzling ISS astronaut video

  10-04-2025 22:24 via space.com
  
  NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured two amazing videos of the auroras from his unique perch above Earth last week.
  
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• This star burped after eating a planet — but the planet was really asking for it

  10-04-2025 22:20 via space.com
  
  The James Webb Space Telescope has revisited a star that swallowed a planet and found that instead of the star subsuming the planet, it was the planet that crashed into the star.
  
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• Hubble Telescope snaps 1st images of clashing star clusters at the hearts of dwarf galaxies

  10-04-2025 22:00 via space.com
  
  Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have, for the first time, directly detected the merger of star clusters at the heart of dwarf galaxies.
  
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• 'Murderbot' declares 'humans are idiots' in 1st tantalizing trailer for Apple TV's upcoming sci-fi series

  10-04-2025 20:00 via space.com
  
  Alexander Skarsgård's rogue security unit will be unleashed on May 16, 2025, exclusively on Apple TV+.
  
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• Rookie NASA astronaut Chris Williams will launch to the ISS on a Russian rocket later this year

  10-04-2025 19:00 via space.com
  
  NASA astronaut Chris Williams will launch on his first mission to the International Space Station, on a Russian Soyuz rocket with two cosmonaut colleagues, as early as November.
  
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• Watch Predators take on samurai, ninjas and WWII pilots in the trailer for 'Predator: Killer of Killers' (video)

  10-04-2025 17:00 via space.com
  
  Watch Predators take on samurai, ninjas and WWII pilots in the trailer for 'Predator: Killer of Killers' (video)
  
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• Roving past ‘Devil's Gate' on Mars: Space picture of the day

  10-04-2025 16:55 via space.com
  
  While ascending Mount Sharp, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has had to swing around a small ridgeline dubbed "Devil’s Gate."
  
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• Curiosity rover rolls past ‘Devil's Gate' on Mars: Space picture of the day

  10-04-2025 16:55 via space.com
  
  While ascending Mount Sharp, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has had to swing around a small ridgeline dubbed "Devil’s Gate."
  
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• NASA's Deep Space Network is getting a new dish to help distant spacecraft phone home

  10-04-2025 16:00 via space.com
  
  NASA's Deep Space Network is getting a new dish. This one will be at the DSN facility in Canberra, Australia.
  
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• Meet the crew for Blue Origin's upcoming all-female spaceflight with Katy Perry

  10-04-2025 15:00 via space.com
  
  The crew of Blue Origin's NS-31 mission, which is scheduled to launch on April 14, includes a former NASA rocket scientist, television personalities, authors — and Katy Perry.
  
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• Watch senator grill Jared Isaacman, Trump's pick for NASA chief, about Elon Musk's involvement in his job interview (video)

  10-04-2025 14:00 via space.com
  
  Sen. Ed Markey asked Jared Isaacman multiple times whether Elon Musk was in the room during his interview with Donald Trump, but Isaacman declined to answer directly.
  
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• Senator grills Jared Isaacman, Trump's pick for NASA chief, about Elon Musk's involvement in his job interview (video)

  10-04-2025 14:00 via space.com
  
  Sen. Ed Markey asked Jared Isaacman multiple times whether Elon Musk was in the room during his interview with Donald Trump, but Isaacman declined to answer directly.
  
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• Trump administration's NOAA layoffs affected the space weather service that tracks solar storms

  10-04-2025 12:00 via space.com
  
  Experts share why Trump-mandated cuts to the NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center share is a big deal.
  
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• April's Full Pink Moon will rise as a 'micromoon' this weekend — what to expect from the smallest full moon of 2025

  10-04-2025 11:24 via space.com
  
  Discover when, how and where to watch the smallest full moon of the year take center stage on April 12.
  
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• Launch of Amazon's 1st Kuiper internet satellites delayed by bad weather

  10-04-2025 03:19 via space.com
  
  A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will launch Amazon's first big batch of Project Kuiper broadband satellites today (April 9), and you can watch it live.
  
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• 13 Apr 2025 (4 days away): Omega Centauri is well placed

  10-04-2025 01:20 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The brightest globular cluster in the sky, Omega Centauri (mag 3.6) culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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• 13 Apr 2025 (4 days away): Centaurus A is well placed

  10-04-2025 01:20 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Centaurus A (NGC 5128; mag 7.0) culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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• 13 Apr 2025 (3 days away): The Moon at apogee

  10-04-2025 01:20 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• 13 Apr 2025 (3 days away): Lunar occultation of Spica

  10-04-2025 01:20 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Spica (Alpha Virginis), creating a lunar occultation visible from Latin America and the Caribbean, Saint Helena, South Africa, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba, Bouvet Island and Grenada.
  
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